Sabta (also called Sabtah)
A
son of Cush. (10:7)
Sabtah (also called Sabta)
A
son of Cush. (10:7)
Sabtecha (also called Sabtechah)
A son of Cush. (10:7)
Sabtechah (also called Sabtecha)
A son of Cush. (10:7)
Salah
A son of Arpahxad. He
lived 433 years. At age 30, he had a son named Eber. Then he had other sons and
daughters. (10:22,24; 11:12-15)
Salem
A city with a king
named Melchizedek. (14:18)
Salt Sea
The Biblical name
for the Dead Sea, the large lake in the lower part of the Jordan Valley. It is
located in the valley of Siddim. (14:3)
Samlah
A king of Edom. (36:31)
Sarah
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Sarai
See Sarah.
Saul
The sixth king of Edom. (36:37-38)
Seba
A son of Cush. (10:7)
Seir - There are two:
1. A
mountainous region southeast of the Dead Sea. It was first lived in by the Horites (14:6), and later the
country of Edom. (36:8-9)
2. A Horite. His sons
still lived in the land after Edom took it over. (36:8-9) His sons were Lotan,
Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. (36:20)
Sephar
A mountain in the east. (10:30)
Serah
A daughter of Asher. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,17)
Sered
A son of Zebulun. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,14)
Serug
A son of Reu. (11:20)
He lived to be 230. At age 30, he had a son named Nahor (Abraham's grandfather).
Then he had other sons and daughters. (11:22-23)
Seth
The third son of Adam
and Eve, born after Cain killed Abel. (4:25; 5:3) He lived to be 912. At age
105, he had a son named Enos (also called Enosh). Then he had other sons and
daughters. (4:26; 5:6-8)
Shammah
A son of Reuel. He
was a chief in Edom. (36:13,17)
Shaul
The son of Simeon by a
Cananite woman. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,10)
Shareh Kiriathaim
A city in
the land of Canaan. It was lived in by a tribe called the Emims, until the war
in Canaan. Then Chedorlaomer's army conquered the city. (14:5)
Sheba - There are two:
1. A son
of Raama (also called Raamah). He had a brother named Dedan. (10:7)
2. A son of Joktan (10:28)
3. A son of Jokshan. Interestingly, this Sheba also
had a brother named Dedan. (25:3) Some people have wondered that maybe these two
Shebas were actually the same person, and somebody made a mistake in listing the
family trees. But that's just a guess. They could be two people with the
same name who have brothers with the same name.
Shebah (also called Shibah)
A
well dug by Isaac's herdsmen while they were staying in Beersheba. (26:25,32-33)
Shechem - There are two:
1. A
city located near the plain of Moreh in the land of Canaan. (12:6; 33:18) Jacob
and his family camped there on Jacob's way back from his visit to Laban. (33:18)
Joseph's brothers fed Jacob's flock in Shechem. (37:12-14)
2. A Hivite. He was the prince of a city of Hivites. His father was King Hamor.
When Jacob's daughter Dinah visited the city,
Shechem took an interest in her. He took Dinah, and raped her.
Jacob's sons (Dinah's brothers) were mad at Shechem.
Shechem's father Hamor (the king of the city) told them "Shechem loves this
girl. Let's ally ourselves in marriage. You shall give us your daughters, and
you can take ours."
Jacob's sons answered "We can't give our sister to
a man who isn't circumcised. It would be a disgrace. But if every one of your
males is circumcised, we will agree to your deal." Hamor agreed.
Hamor explained the deal to all the males in the city.
The men agreed. They were circumcised.
Two days later, when are the men were still sore from
their circumcisions, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi (both of whom were
Dinah's full brothers), attacked the city. They killed every male, including
Shechem, and took Dinah. Then they plundered the city, and took all their flocks, cattle,
possessions, women, and children, to avenge Dinah's dishonor. (chapter 34)
Shelah
The third son of Judah
by his Canaanite wife Bathshua. Shelah's older brothers were Er (who had a wife
named Tamar) and Onan. (38:2-6)
Er died, and he and Tamar left no children. According
to custom, if the husband dies without getting a child, then the husband's
brother must have sex with the wife, so that the wife will bear a child. The
child will be legally the child of the dead husband. Judah told his second son,
Onan, to do his duty as the husband's brother, and have sex with Tamar so that
Er could have a child. Onan didn't like this. The baby wouldn't legally be his
own. So whenever he had sex with Tamar, he spilled his semen on the ground so
that Tamar wouldn't get pregnant. God didn't like this, and killed Onan.
(38:7-10)
Judah told Tamar "Live in your
father's house as a widow until my last remaining son, Shelah, grows up."
She did so. But when Shelah grew up, Judah didn't give him to Tamar because he
was afraid that Shelah would die like his brothers. (38:11)
So after Bathshua's death, Tamar tricked Judah into having sex with her. This
led to the birth of their twin sons, Perez (also called Pharez) and Zarah.
(38:12-30)
Shelah was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,12)
Sheleph
A child of Joktan. (10:26)
Shem (The name comes from the Hebrew word "shem",
which means "name" in English.)
The oldest son of Noah.
He helped Noah build the ark. (chapter 6)
When Noah lay drunk in his tent, naked, Shem and
his younger brother Shem covered him. (9:23) For this, they were blessed. (9:26)
Shem had five sons: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and
Aram. (10:22)
Shemeber
The king of the city
of Zeboiim during the civil war in the land of Canaan. (14:2)
Shephi
A son of Shobal. (36:23)
Shepho
A son of Shobal. (36:23)
Shibah (also called Shebah)
A
well dug by Isaac's herdsmen while they were staying in Beersheba. (26:25,32-33)
Shillem
A son of Naphtali. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,24)
Shinab
The king of the city
of Admah during the civil war in the land of Canaan. (14:2)
Shinar
A place in the land of
Mespotamia, in what would today be Iraq, or
northeastern Syria. It was later called Chaldea, and later Babylon.
The cities of Babel, Erech, and Akkad are all in the
land. (10:10) The tower of Babel was built there. (11:2)
At one point, they had a king named Amraphel. (14:1,9) Under his rule, they joined Chedorlaomer in the
battle in the valley of Siddim. Shinar was on the winning side. (chapter 14)
Shobal
A son of Seir.
(36:20)He was a Horite chief. (36:29) He had five children: Alvan, Manahath,
Ebal, Shephi (also called Shepho), and Onam. (36:23)
Shua
A Canaanite. He was the
father of Bathshua, Judah's wife. (38:2,12)
Shuah
A child of Abraham by
his second wife, Keturah. (25:2)
Shuni
A son of Gad. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,16)
Shur
A desert near the
southern border of Canaan. Ishmael died there. (25:18)
Siddim
A valley that was the
scene of the battle between King Chedorlaomer and the kings of Sodom and
Gomorrah. (14:8-10) The "salt sea" (Dead Sea) is also in the valley. (14:3)
Sidon - There are two:
1. The
oldest son of Canaan. (10:15)
2. A city. (10:19)
When Jacob died, he said that Sidon was the border of Zebulun's tribe. (49:13)
Simeon
The second son of
Jacob by his wife Leah. (29:33) He joined with his brother Levi in killing all
the men in Hamor's city in revenge for the rape of Dinah. (chapter 34) He had
six sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul. Shaul was the son of a
Canaanite woman. (46:10)
Sinites
A subdivision of the
Canaanites. (10:17)
Sodom
A city in the land of
Canaan. (10:19) It was one of the five cities that banded together and rebelled
against Chedolaomer in the battle in the valley of Siddim. Sodom was on the losing side.
(chapter 14)
Lot lived in Sodom for a time. Later, God destroyed the city for
its wickedness. But Lot and his daughters were spared (right). (chapter 19)
Succoth
A place. Jacob
and his family camped there on Jacob's way back from his visit to Laban. (33:17)
Syrians
A group of tribes, also called the Arameans. Members of
these tribes included Bethuel (25:20; 28:5) and Laban (25:20, 31:20,24).
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